Known issues and solutions

Problem	Status	Component and version
Performance considerations for the WPML Media setup on large sites	Resolved in 2.3.8
Issues in synchronizing contents of a custom field in WP Engine setup due to query size limits	Resolved
With HyperDB, user is getting errors about updating the translation status Compatibility	Resolved
Super Cache not working correctly after WPML 4.0.6 Update Compatibility	Resolved in 4.0.7
Fusion Builder/Avada Theme – Translation Editor is blank when updating the translation of a global element Translating a theme	Resolved in WPML 4.0.7
Duplicate entry for key ‘uc_domain_name_context_md5’	Resolved
bbPress – Language switcher not working on user pages Language Switcher	Resolved
WPML redirection and issues with custom rewrite rules	Resolved
Enfold translated pages not showing on the front-end	Resolved in 4.0.5
Cannot add a quiz question in Sensei when WPML is active Compatibility	Resolved
Performance issues while saving posts with certain page builders	Resolved in 4.0.4
Fatal error upgrading WPML -> Method WPML_Admin_Menu_Item::__toString() must return a string value	Resolved in WPML Multilingual CMS 4.0.2	WPML Multilingual CMS 4.0.0
Toolset Types plugin cannot be downloaded from WordPress repository if you have updated to WPML 4.0 Install and update	Resolved in 4.0.1	WPML Multilingual CMS 4.0.0
Theme My Login redirects to login page in the wrong language Compatibility	Resolved
It’s not possible to have the translated term slug identical to the original term slug	Open
Changes in the way WPML handles the trailing slashes in URL conversion	Resolved in 4.0.0
Elementor libraries does not synchronise on Translation Editor String Translation	Resolved in 2.8.5	WPML String Translation 2.7.3
Elementor global templates translation are not working String Translation	Resolved in 2.8.5	WPML String Translation 2.7.3
New order email subject shows placeholders instead of Site Title and date since WooCommerce Multilingual	Resolved in WooCommerce Multilingual 4.3.2	WooCommerce Multilingual & Multicurrency 4.2.10
Custom fields with the same name can be overwritten with last entered data, if set as “Translate”	Resolved in WPML Media Translation - next release (2.2.4)
WooCommerce product with variations cannot be added to cart when variation is set to “Any” and fallback to default language mode WooCommerce Multilingual	Resolved in 4.2.10	WooCommerce Multilingual & Multicurrency 4.2.9
GeneratePress sections	Resolved
[Limitation] Taxes rate’s name in WooCommerce should not contain umlauts or should be created in English WooCommerce Multilingual	Resolved
Fatal error: Call to undefined function et_builder_register_layouts() after upgrading to Divi 3.0.99 Compatibility	Resolved in WPML Multilingual CMS 3.9.3
WPML could not load configuration files, which your site needs	Resolved in WPML Multilingual CMS 3.9.3
Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to a member function add_hooks() on array	Resolved in WPML Multilingual CMS 3.9.2	WPML Multilingual CMS 3.9.1
Fatal error: Uncaught exception ‘InvalidArgumentException’ with message ‘Argument ID must be numeric and greater than 0’ Media Translation	Resolved in 2.3.0
Stuck message about importing strings from .mo files	Resolved in 2.8.0	WPML String Translation 2.7.3
Fatal error – cannot redeclare AbsoluteLinks class	Resolved in WPML Multilingual CMS 3.9.2	WPML Multilingual CMS 3.9.1
Custom post type with translated slug or Products may produce error 404 in second language when the second language is English WooCommerce Multilingual	Resolved in 3.9.1	WPML Multilingual CMS 3.9.0

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